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Maggie’s 18 years and still satisfying...

I'm just glad to know that a guy like this is keeping America's mall's safe.
 
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I really hope there's nobody in our community who thinks that shit is real. Entertaining as hell yeah it is, but with all the naive people on the net who think everything is real, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if we got a handful of folks here who think he's being serious.
 
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I really hope there's nobody in our community who thinks that shit is real. Entertaining as hell yeah it is, but with all the naive people on the net who think everything is real, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if we got a handful of folks here who think he's being serious.

You're real enough, aren't you, and even more unsettling?
 
I have seen the references mentioned here on the Hide, but never read the original thread. That shit is EPIC! Thanks for posting. I wonder if Gecko45 knows Papacock ?

Well, I was thinking about it last night and it's possible they shared an operational theatre or two. It's also possible one is the other.

I really hope there's nobody in our community who thinks that shit is real. Entertaining as hell yeah it is, but with all the naive people on the net who think everything is real, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if we got a handful of folks here who think he's being serious.

People have been knocking that around for two decades almost. Is he real or not? Was he actually Todd? It's almost worth enlisting an FBI profiler and forensic writing team to get to the bottom of it all. Out the Great Gecko. That shit would go viral overnight and it would be all over the news.

I tend to agree, I mean he said some pretty far out shit. But it's what made him a legend. He was the first real over the top internet mall ninja. There will be many that follow, but there's only one first.

I think he may have been more like us without a home. Before the 'Hide, there was nowhere to go to escape the mall ninja. Before 9/11, they were everywhere, I've met 'em and seen 'em in person. 9/11 happened and things changed a bit. Some surely joined the army, I know because I saw 'em come through. Others went the stolen valor route. Only a few diehards remain.

I have seen the references mentioned here on the Hide, but never read the original thread. That shit is EPIC! Thanks for posting. I wonder if Gecko45 knows Papacock ?

I'm just glad people have been wise enough to save all that stuff! Contrary to popular belief, internet isn't really forever.
 
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They were around way before 2001. I remember gun shows in the ‘90s in the Tidewater part of VA, and you would see dudes walking aound in BDUs with SKSs and AKs decked out with so many doo-dads on them they looked like ray guns from a Sci Fi movie. This is back before the import ban, when there were screaming deals at gun shows you couldn’t get anywhere else.

If you were unfortunate enough to draw one’s attention and they tried to talk to you they were invariably close talkers and invaded your personal space. Carlos Hathcock used to go to all of them and sign books and pictures at a table. He was in a wheelchair by then, but an extremely nice and humble dude. The line for his autograph on something was a Mall Ninja parade to avoid.
 
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It was back on the Duty Roster, where that was copied/pasted and linked when it was happening. Talk about a blast from the past. My favorite was when one of the members there suggested that this guy just simply strap a pair of manhole covers, sandwich-board-style, in the hopes that he last the shift.

"Epic" just doesn't begin to describe the chaos, turmoil, insanity, "refresh-buttons-being-worn-outness" and simply Bandwidth use at the time. The "internet exploding" and 'going viral' was definitely then. Hilarity ensued.
 
I don't want to hijack this thread - but I have this one on my computer.

"As I was leaving my house for the 7-11 I stuffed my Glock 10mm "man gun" Mexican style in my pants. My backup is a fully customized 1911 with all the IPSC add-on options in my $500.00 leather pancake holster custom made by Belgian Monks who have devoted their lives to silence and holster making. These are the ones used by Delta, which I used to be a part of but all records of my activities were destroyed in a fire "accident".

"I put on my Royal Robbins photographer vest to match my pants while wearing a T-Shirt underneath reading "RANGER." That way, nobody can see what I'm packing. I had my Centennial .38 Special in my ankle holster, just like the gun rag guys carry. Lastly I had my "Covert Sniper" I.D. Card in my wallet with my "Concealed Weapons Permit Badge". I was ready for anything.

"I drove my "bug-out truck" to the 7-11 for some beer, 'cause you never know. It is a performance-styled Subaru BRAT with 4 cylinders of ground pounding fury.

"I pull up to the 7-11 store and notice a nervous looking Girl Scout eyeballing me from the back of her mother's SUV - a likely cover. The mother returned to the truck and went for the keys in her purse, but I knew from my years of combat-honed instincts that she was actually making a furtive movement for an offensive weapon. I attempted a tactical shoulder roll, but fell flat on my face, kind of flopping on the pavement to avoid any incoming rounds and to make it look like I meant to do that.

"The store owner called 911 which is good, because I then did a roll and attempted to draw my Glock. Unfortunately, since I did not have a holster, the gun "went off" and the bullet creased my wiener. But I was prepared for that and bit down on a 9mm casing to take my mind off the pain as I dove for the garbage barrel. That's when I noticed the Girl Scout shouting something to her mother who began to take cover. I knew they were closing on me so I drew my trusty custom 1911 Wilson COMBAT. I knew that they would be impressed with that.

"I then duck walked to the front of her SUV but my gut kinda got in the way and I fell on my ass, which caused me to swallow my 9mm casing. I then tried to roll to my right, but didn't want to scuff my holster, so I just threw myself into a telephone pole, but I landed on my right side anyway. So I fired one shot towards the woman's SUV to pin them down as I recovered my wind.

"Before the mother knew what was happening, I charged her and I threw my groin into her knee. I knew that as I vomited on the ground in front of her that I had interrupted her OODA loop, and I had the advantage now. As she ran screaming for the Girl Scout (I knew she was going for backup) I made for my super-charged BRAT tactical truck.

"I jumped into the driver seat, forgetting that I had left my rare Israeli contract AR 15 Bayonet on the seat (honed to a razors edge). I could handle it though; half my ass is an implant from war wounds. As I attempted to start my truck, police and paramedics arrived on the scene.

"My truck would not start and instead backfired once and caused the police to taze me. At this point, I tactically soiled myself while in convulsions. My custom 1911 then fell out the window, but I still had my Centennial .38. I knew then that I had to take out the woman with the purse. So I aimed my revolver at her, at which point the first police officer fired once striking me in the chest. Fortunately, I was wearing my level 3A body armor.

"I didn't want to hurt the cops, they had obviously been duped by the evil temptress who was now embracing her partner in crime and crying to the police in the background - I knew it was a ruse. I pulled out my concealed weapons permit badge and showed it to the officer who shot me. I yelled out "I'm one of you guys!!!" He continued to cover me, and ordered me to drop my 38 so I laid it down. After all, I still had my bayonet attached to my ass. The cop walked toward me, and upon reading the badge maced me right in the eyes.

"Fortunately, my Oakley shooting glasses stopped most of the spray and I was able to rip free of the Taser cords easily. It only cost me one nipple...easily replaced. I dove for the passenger side of my truck and began to run zig zag for a ditch. Unfortunately, the bayonet sticking out of my ass slowed me down. I knew it would have to be hand-to-hand now.

"I knew the cop couldn't take me when I saw he merely carried a Glock 17, not a man's gun. So I immediately threw my eye into his right hook, followed by a knee into his mag light. As I lay thrashing on the ground, I took the heel of my Bates Enforcer boot and kicked at the cop’s ankle. I knew from my classified experiences in Tajikistan that once I broke his ankle, the cop would fall down and I could "stun kick" him in the head, knocking him out but not hurting him.

"Apparently the cop had also been to Tajikistan, because he side stepped me and struck me in the back with his ASP baton, but my trauma plate absorbed it. I then drew my Benchmade Auto Knife and was promptly tased again, but I was ready for it this time - and only wet myself a little bit. Next thing those cops knew, I was unconscious.

That'll teach 'em."
 
So that's where the term mall ninja came from. That guy may have been the most successful troll on a gun forum to ever live
 
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I’m pretty sure that “Special Forces”, and Gecko were the same person.